Patriarchal Expectations Of Men And Women In The Victorian Era

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The narrator and John were both victims of the Patriarchal expectations of the Victorian era which dictated that expectations of gender roles of men, and women because male power was curtailed greatly, ultimately resulting in men ruling over women in power and control, women were defined physically and intellectually as the 'weaker' sex, in all ways subordinate to male authority. Male power was inevitably curtailed; significantly, however, men did not lose the legal obligation to provide financially, nor their right to domestic services within the family. The Narrator as a result of this is left to stay home all by herself from morning to even through the night with no one to talk to. However men were always away from home working hard to support

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